Here we go ... supporting actress is being read out by Bard the Bowman. Jennifer Lawrence is there obviously. As is Sally Hawkins. And someone else and someone else. And they're on to two-three other categories before I've typed this.

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But, before we find out who's joining our rising stars, let's hear a word or two from the master of the universe aka John Willis, chairman of Bafta.

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What we're all here for ... a Bafta statue. Photograph: Nils Jorgensen/Rex Features

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Good cold morning to all of you early birds joining us for the 2014 Bafta nominations announcement. We'll be scuttling over to the Princess Anne Theatre in just a few moments to watch our hosts Luke Evans (of them Hobbit films) and Helen McCrory (of them Potter films) mispronounce "Chiwetel Ejiofor".